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CIECITLAE. 


Quartermaster  General's  Office, 

Richmond,  1863. 

I.  In  order  to  give  more  immediate  effect  and  operation  to  the  act  of 
February  15,  1862,  intended  to  provide  for  "  disabled  soldiers"  (by  con- 
ferring- on  them  appointments  which  they  may  be  competent  to  fill),  it  is 
hereby  announced  that  any  "  disabled  soldier"  who  may  desire  a  position 
in  the  Quartermaster's  department  should,  in  order  to  obtain  the  same, 
report  to  the  Chief  Quartermaster  of  the  state  of  which  he  is  a  resident, 
or  in  which  he  may  be  in  hospital  or  on  duty  at  the  time  of  his  applica- 
.  his 


Name, 
Age, 

Profession,  or  trade, 
Place  of  abode,  or  station, 


Company, 
Regiment, 
Brigade,  and 
Nature  of  disability. 


He  will  state  in  his  application  the  nature  of  the  position  desired,  such 
as  clerk,  wagon  or  forage  master,  &c.  &c. 

II.  Applicants  for  clerkships  will  be  required  to  possess  a  fair  know- 
ledge of  arithmetic,  to  write  good  English,  and  in  a  legible  hand.  For 
subordinate  positions,  less  will  be  required. 

III.  All  applications  must  be  supported  by  vouchers  of  unimpeachable 
character,  and  the  sufficiency  of  witnesses  thereunto,  if  in  civil  life,  must 
be  certified  by  some  justice,  of  the  peace,  or  other  county  or  municipal 
officer.  Where  testimonials  are  from  the  commanding  officers  of  the  ap- 
plicant, no  such  certificate  will  be  necessary. 

IV.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  Quartermaster  of  each  state  to 
keep  a  roster  of  such  applicants,  and  to  place  their  papers  on  file  for  re- 
ference ;  and  he  will  report  at  the  expiration  of  each  quarter  the  number 
thereof,  and  the  number  of  appointments,  to  the  Quartermaster  General 

V.  Local  quartermasters  will  (in  case  they  have  made  no  authorized 
arrangement  for  clerks  or  other  employees)  be  expected  to  supply  them- 
selves, as  far  as  practicable,  from  the  class  of  "disabled  soldiers"  thus 


enrolled,  who  may  be  found  competent  to  discharge  the  duties  of  the  de- 
partment. 

VI.  Applications  should  be  accompanied  in  each  case  by  a  copy  of  the 
certificate  which  shows  the  soldier  to  be  disabled,  and  should  be  addressed 
to  the  Chief  Quartermaster  of  the  state  in  which  he  may  desire  to  obtain* 
a  position,  thus : 

"To  the  Chief  Quartermaster  of  North  Carolina,  Raleigh." 

VII.  Posts  of  Chief  Quartermasters  are  as  follows : 
Virginia,            .....  Richmond. 
North  Carolina,             -            -    .        -            -  Raleigh. 
South  Carolina,          '  -           -           -           -  Charleston. 
Georgia,            .....  Augusta. 
Alabama,           .....  Montgomery. 
Mississippi,       -            -            -            -            -  Enterprise. 
Florida,             .....  Lake  City. 
Louisiana,         .....  Alexandria. 
Texas,               .....  San  Antonio. 
Arkansas  and  Missouri,           -           •           -  Little  Rock. 
Tennessee  and  Kentucky,       ...  Knoxville. 

VIII.  When  a  place  has  been  found  for  any  applicant,  the  Chief  Quar- 
termaster in  whose  district  the  post  may  be,  will  proceed  at  once  to  obtain, 
through  the  regular  channels,  the  detail  and  assignment  to  duty  of  the 
"disabled  soldier"  thus  provided  for. 

IX.  The  earnest  co-operation  of  all  officers  of  the  Quartermaster's  de- 
partment in  carrying  into  effect  this  system,  when  it  can  be  applied  with- 
out manifest  injury  to  the  public  service,  is  confidently  expected. 

A.  R.  LAWTON, 

Quartermaster  General. 


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